@Ihunanya_chi Listen, we invite you to be a Muslim, then learn the history of Muhammad, the place of Jesus in Islamic context, then comment about it. Ignorance, has defensive.
This picture means something to an entire generation of Dutch people.
I'm one of them.
My parents came to Holland as Moroccan immigrants.
I was born there.
Dutch passport.
Dutch better than my Arabic.
The first 18 years of my life, Holland fed me, schooled me, raised me.
The Moroccans helped rebuild Holland.
Holland gave them roads, schools, a future in return.
Fair trade.
But we never really integrated.
That's not on one side.
That's on everyone.
We learned to speak for our grandparents, because they never got to learn the language.
We brought our food.
We brought our culture. Mosques. Books and humor.
We had fun.
We hung out.
We went to each other's weddings and loved the mix of it.
And still.
We never really became one.
The politicians made sure to categorize us.
They needed us to be outsiders, while we were busy acting like insiders.
So a wall went up between neighbors.
Then yesterday a silly game with a ball put two teams on the same grass.
Two continents.
Two cultures.
Except they're not two teams.
They're teams stitched together by the same life.
The Dutch know the Moroccans. Intimately.
The Moroccans know the Dutch. Intimately.
The Moroccans in Morocco spend every summer selling to the Moroccans from Holland.
The Dutch spend every day next to Moroccans. In School. At The local butcher. The streets.
The Moroccan team is full of Moroccans carrying Dutch passports.
The Dutch team is full of their actual friends, neighbors, and colleagues.
Such a simple game.
Such a complicated story.
When I look at this image I don't see football.
I see high school.
I see pride.
I see distance.
I don't see compassion.
I see resentment.
And that's exactly how we lived in beautiful Holland.
Together. Happily.
And quietly, unconsciously, apart.
I left when I was 18.
I went back to Morocco.
I resented Holland.
For years it was me vs them.
Now I understand what I actually have.
I can read two cultures from the inside.
And I get to choose.
What I carry with me.
What I leave behind.
Because every culture has its gold.
And every culture has its rot.
The trick is knowing which is which.
Love. Be kind to each other.
Here are 5 documentaries you should watch this weekend when you find time:
1. The Mask You Live In
2. Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
3. Cover-Up
4. BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
5. The Solo Economy: Why Living Alone is a Global Megatrend
Farah maalim from kenya involved in an abuse case with female @FarahMaalimM
He is allegedly now driving a car belonging to this lady and will not return it. And she received death threats.
A messy divorce case.
A man spends 50 years teaching at MIT.
He knows his time is running out.
So he records one last lecture, everything he knows, distilled into a single hour. He died 5 months later. This is that lecture.
The most important hour you'll watch this week.
BREAKING: I asked Claude to upgrade my LinkedIn profile.
It didn’t just “upgrade” it. It turned it into a recruiter magnet.
Here are the exact 15 prompts I used: